Anything But Mexican: Chicanos in Contemporary Los Angeles - Softcover

Rodolfo F. Acuña

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786633795 ISBN 13: 9781786633798

Publisher: Verso, 2020

Synopsis

Mexicans and other Latinos comprise fifty percent of the population of Los Angeles and are the largest ethnic group in California. In this completely revised and updated edition of a classic political and social history, one of the foremost scholars of the Latino experience situates the US's largest immigrant community in a time of anti-immigrant fervor. Originally published in 1996, this edition analyses the rise and rule of LA's first-ever Mexican American mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, as well as the harsh pressures facing Chicanos in an increasingly unequal and gentrifying city.

About this title

Review:

'Anything But Mexican challenges neoliberal interpretations of the history of Los Angeles which blame Mexicans and other immigrants of color for the decline of the city. Acuña s provocative work confronts these historical myths, signalling that Latinos will not be dismissed.' --Deena González, Pomona College

'Required reading on Chicanos in the Southwest. This book will stand amongst the classics in Chicano Studies.' --Teresa Cordova, University of New Mexico

About the Author:

Rodolfo F. Acuna is the founding chair of the Chicana/o Studies department at California State University at Northridge-the largest Chicana/o Studies Department in the United States. He has authored twenty-two books, including three children's books, and Voices of the U.S. Latino Experience; Corridors of Migration: Odyssey of Mexican Laborers, 1600-1933; and Occupied America: A History of Chicanos.

About this edition

• Publisher: Verso
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1786633795
• ISBN 13: 9781786633798
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480